单词 | ale-pole |
释义 | ale-polen. Now historical. A pole or post set up as the sign for a public house or other place where ale is sold; an ale stake. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > tavern sign lion?a1366 ale stake1396 ivy14.. sunc1400 tokenc1440 eagle1449 chequerc1460 wisp?1507 Saracen's head1510 ale-pole1523 bush1532 wine garland1533 ivy-garland1553 tavern-bush1553 lattice1575 ivy-bush1576 alebush1599 red lattice1604 elephanta1616 sagittarya1616 grate1622 wine-bush1638 popinjay1687 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop-front > sign or signboard > specific ale stake1396 ale-pole1523 pole1533 three golden balls1748 cigar-store Indian1926 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. Cv Powle hatchettis yt prate wyll at euery ale pole. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 11/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Bouthes, and alepoles, are yerely pitcht at S. James his gate. 1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 57 The hungry Hostesses ale-pole. 1645 J. Lightfoot Comm. Acts ix. 212 To day hee would weare a Lions skin and a golden Club, and then hee was Hercules, to morrow a Kids skin, and an Alepole, and then hee was Bacchus. 1826 H. Smith Tor Hill I. viii. 260 The rogues that..are to be seen sprawling in the sun under every ale-pole in the county. 1877 Free Church of Eng. Mag. Aug. 156 It was known at once by its red lattice, and its ale-pole in the front. 1913 A. Noyes Tales of Mermaid Tavern viii. 177 The crowd surged, beneath the blossomed ale-poles. 2003 S. K. Penman Dragon's Lair (2004) i. 16 Justin had to keep ducking his head to avoid sagging ale-poles and the overhang of buildings extending out into the roadway. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1523 |
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